The first trailer debuted in June earlier this year, introducing the Inhuman Royal Family featuring Black Bolt (Anson Mount), Maximus (Iwan Rheon) and Medusa (Serinda Swan).

Fan reaction however was noticeably mixed, racking up over 38,000 dislikes on YouTube, but director Roel Reine has admitted how he wasn’t surprised by the reception because the trailer’s release was ‘a little bit too early’.

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Speaking to Metro.co.uk about the reaction, director Roel Reine said: ‘I was mixed about the first trailer as well. I felt like it didn’t give you the scope, it didn’t give you a lot of secrets or visual effects. I felt it was a little bit too early because the visual effects were not ready – Medusa’s hair was not ready.

‘So I was really nervous about it and would think the fans would not really like it.’

Asked if he wasn’t too surprised by the backlash, Roel added: ‘When I watched the first trailer I was like ‘ooosh’. But me as a filmmaker, as a director, you’re not involved with the marketing part of these things.

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‘The trailer was made by other people, so I was really nervous about it when I saw it. So I was like, “oh guys maybe we should hold off,” but it was too late because it was already in the open.’

However when it came to the recent second trailer released at Comic-Con 2017, he was much more enthused with the results.

‘I’m very happy we kind of changed it around,’ Roel added. ‘The second trailer really got all the fans back on track and they really like it now and they really want to see it. I was really happy with that second trailer.’

Many fans however are also sceptical because it’s from the same showrunner who delivered Marvel’s Iron Fist, which wasn’t exactly a critical firestorm.

The series will however join the same universe as Marvel’s movies and previous TV outings, with the Inhumans species first being introduced in the second season of Marvel’s Agents Of Shield.

The first two episodes of Inhumans will debut on September 1st in IMAX cinemas, with the full series airing September 29 on ABC.